Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow MBEis a former professional English darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record six times from. He is a five time World Champion a five time World Masters Champion and a four time World Cup singles champion. He won twenty two WDF and BDO Major titles and seventy career titles overall. In the 1980s, Bristow's skill and personality helped turn darts into a worldwide spectator sport...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDarts Player
Date of Birth25 April 1957
CountryUnited States of America
I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.
By the time I was 25 or 26, I would have earned a million, but if you looked in the bank account, it's not there because I've spent it. That's what it's there for. I don't want to be the richest bloke in the graveyard. Look at Elvis.
You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at.
I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.
I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.
The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.
You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings.
I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.
Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.
I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.
I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s.
I have two bowls of confidence for breakfast each morning.
All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.